2018,19 NFHS Rules Interpretations

[bob jenkins]

English does not have a gender-neutral third person singular pronoun. That causes the problem.

It's why so many now use "they" (or "their") -- and I find that more problematic than his / her or s/he

[SC Official]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

English does not have a gender-neutral third person singular pronoun. That causes the problem.

It's why so many now use "they" (or "their") -- and I find that more problematic than his / her or s/he

When I (and most of us, I assume) was in grade school, I was always taught to default to "he/him/his" when gender was indefinite.

How times have changed.

[bucky]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

English does not have a gender-neutral third person singular pronoun. That causes the problem.

It's why so many now use "they" (or "their") -- and I find that more problematic than his / her or s/he

Bob is on point here. Ask any teachers, at least newer teachers, about this. There is research/science behind not using her/his as it can actually be detrimental. Now, many teachers do not use the words "boys" and "girls", rather they refer to everyone has students or other gender-neutral term.

"English does not have a gender-neutral third person singular pronoun." - this is open to debate, crazy debates too.

I think it should have simply said "...A1's stomach."

Are these interps going to get added to the master thread of interps?